Recycle And Play

Have fun, create, learn, and help the planet with the young kids in your life through 50 colorful, enriching activities made from stuff you already have. With Recycle and Play, learn how to transform cardboard, bubble wrap, lids, containers, egg cartons, and other things that might otherwise be headed to a landfill into hours of engaging play at home. The fun, process-oriented projects invite children to be creative, explore senses, develop skills, and discover how things work, all while reinforcing the importance of reducing waste as part of a sustainable lifestyle. In this book, you’ll find tips on how to extend play and learning for each project as well as helpful hints to engage your kids to come up with fun additions and extensions of their own. While each of the projects includes clear step-by-step instructions and materials lists, you should feel free to adjust to your child’s interests and the materials you have on hand. Organized by the type of material used, the zero-waste projects include: Car Garage and Ramp made from toilet paper tubes and cardboard (Learning Skills: Fine motor skills, creative play, and color recognition) Mess-Free Bubble Wrap Painting (Learning Skills: Art, sensory exploration, creative skills, color recognition) Busy Board Lid Activity (Learning Skills: Fine motor skills, cognitive skills) Alligator Letter Feed made from egg cartons (Learning Skills: Letter recognition, fine motor skills) Milk Carton School Bus with family photos (Learning Skills: Social development, cognitive skills) Matching Memory Game made from wipe lids (Learning Skills: Cognitive skills, fine motor skills, memory, object recognition) Bond with your child, help them learn through play, and instill a lifelong respect for the environment with Recycle and Play.

Recycle and Play transforms what many might consider trash—cardboard, bubble wrap, egg cartons, or plastic wrap—into invitations for zero-waste playful learning.

Recycle and Play transforms what many might consider trash--cardboard, bubble wrap, egg cartons, or plastic wrap--into invitations for zero-waste playful learning.

The creator behind the blog Pink Stripey Socks brings her crafting talent to cardboard! With these easy-to-make, imagination-growing cardboard crafts, kids can put on a show, travel back in time, and even rocket to outer space!

Children learn that sorting recycling and giving new life to old things is not only good for the environment. It is a whole lot of fun, too!

E.P. thinks To-Be is beautiful! It is the place he wants to call home. After settling in the green apple tree, E.P. finds the town is not as eco-friendly as he'd hoped! He sets out to educate his new neighbors with tips on saving energy and recycling. Soon, everyone is on board to help protect our planet. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades P-4.

With more than 3 million fans, TheDadLab has quickly become an online sensation by creating a solution for parents when they hear the dreaded 'I'm bored' complaint, and now, for the first time, Sergei Urban has transferred his most popular experiments to print in this beautifully illustrated and mind-blowing book! Using everyday ingredients that you can find in your kitchen cupboard, Sergei shows experiments that are not only fun for children, but fun for adults too! With 40 wonderful activities, including 15-never-before-posted, TheDadLab includes additional information not found on his online posts: each activity will feature a detailed explanation simplifying the information that stems from the fields of Science, Technology, engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) for a parent to help explain their curious child and answer the questions 'how' and 'why.'

Perfect for Earth Day on April 22, but important for teaching evironmental lessons year around! Michael Recycle tells the adventures of a young superhero whose power allows him to teach people about recycling. There once was a town Called Abberdoo-Rimey, Where garbage was left To grow rotten and slimy. It never smelled fresh. The air was all hazy. But the people did nothing. They got rather lazy. But the townspeople are called to attention when a streak of green crash-lands in the town dump! It’s not a bird, nor a plane, but a new kind of superhero—Michael Recycle, who has a plan to save Abberdoo-Rimey. . . and the world! Fresh and funny, Michael Recycle will entertain young and old while gently imparting an important message about recycling and environmental awareness. A special section of Go Green Tips (from Michael Recycle himself) encourages all kids to become environmental superheroes.